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ohchaucer

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  1. Can’t agree more with JJ and cruser. You need to learn on a real kit. I practice daily on my Roland and an electronic kit is great for keeping limber, recording, playing to music, etc. but learning rudiments and moving around the kit are the fundamentals. And it’s not just a feel thing because higher end electronics have come a long way on head feel (though cymbal feel is crap except for very very top end and even then it’s still just plastic). Even still after 30+ years if I don’t sit behind my real kit weekly, it feels like a transition between the two. BECAUSE… no electronic kit can replicate one of the most critical aspects of learning the instrument - dynamics. Stick control, ghost notes, buzz rolls vs controlled doubles, etc are all learned by combining feel with dynamics. The reason all new drummers sound like they’re banging around loud as shit is because, in fact, they are. Learning dynamics is what evolves them into the musician at their instrument. Also, most important purchase for a new drummer is a practice pad and a book of rudiments. And, yes, earplugs for the whole house.
  2. Narrator: It turns out, they aren’t.
  3. And like that... he was gone.
  4. Oh, and agree completely on the 14" depth on a 22" kick. It's incredibly versatile for a diameter that large. I had a 24" x 22" at one time and it sounded amazing..... for the exactly ONE tuning it was capable of (and even that was with a shitload of dampening).
  5. Damn, can't wait to see pics of this new kit! And I love 2 up and 2 down because you can shuffle it up for whatever your situation. I ultimately started playing 1 up and 1 down almost exclusively because that's the easiest to set up on a stage in a hurry. But I do sometimes still play all my toms at home (3 up and 2 down) just for fun. My standard in a recoding context is 1 up and 2 down. Damn it... now I'm about to click on Sweetwater.
  6. What typical? Gimme typical…. Gimme some typical! Also the George ketchup squirt in that scene is one of my all time favorite physical comedy acts in the whole show.
  7. Really appreciate the replies. I’m pretty excited to get out there. And definitely leaning 12ga. I haven’t had one in over a decade and hadn’t been out in the field in longer than that. But we moved out of the big city to the “country” in CT and joined a field club that has a really active sport shooting component. I’ll definitely check out the A300 and 400. And a few others. Supply doesn’t seem to be too decimated but prices are definitely higher than even a lot of the reviews list everything at. Since I literally haven’t bought any firearm in the internet era, what’s the best used marketplace? And just like that, I’m down a huge rabbit hole on yet another new hobby! (Eg, excuse to buy cool shit!)
  8. I don't want to derail the this thread at all, but I do have a quick question that I guess this is the best place to ask.... Any recommendations for a good 12 or 20 ga shotgun that can do double duty as a target (mostly trap/skeet) and as a dove/pheasant gun? I'm open to semi-auto or O/U and am hoping to keep it under $1500 (or $1000) if possible.
  9. Sounds like he runs a real tight ship.
  10. That crap is a stroke of genius!
  11. You know honey, for an unadvertised sale you’re doing a lot of yapping about it!
  12. Check out them electronic drums!
  13. So many good ones here. And that Joni performance is just amazing. But as I scrolled through this thread, I am floored that one of the all-time greatest isn’t mentioned: Patty Griffin.
  14. The fact that you’re calling making love “Pop Pop” tells me you’re not ready.
  15. This is all good stuff and inspiring me to sort it sooner than later. I’ll probably stick to electronic kit as input because if I miked acoustic I would only be able to play short windows when during the day. And I have the Scarlett interface so maybe that’s what I’ve been missing to midi out from kit and input to my laptop running garage band.
  16. I have a full Roland mesh kit and Roland TD17 module which should be more than up to the task. Like I said, probably user error that it isn’t recording into garage band properly. Will investigate and fiddle more.
  17. That’s awesome Goredho. And makes a lot of sense. I think the biggest challenge for me also involves how to record the drums into the daw to begin with. So it’s a separate problem I need to solve for. And generally for composing I suppose I can just use garage band or a simpler midi interface for holding basic grooves and beats but it totally hampers percussion creativity. You lose the “what if I play it like THIS” or “try it more like THAT” part of collaboration more so for the rhythm section than others. But maybe that’s what flights to Austin are for once we make some progress on songs, structure/ideas, etc.
  18. Alright I’m looking forward to updates. Maybe it deserves a new thread so this one stays focused on actual music. I like garage band fine but it is terrible with my Roland drums as the interface. Although there could be some serious user error.
  19. This thread kicks all kinds of ass. Keep it coming as I love hearing all of y’all’s stuff. Been working with a handful of guys off and on in Austin for years and, after I moved away a few years ago to NYC, I will occasionally come down a play or do a show together. I would love to know from anyone who’s working with band mates etc remotely how you’re doing it. What’s been the best way to share work, collaborate, what tech or platforms, etc? It’s easy to share and listen individually but sometimes just feels like a bunch of ping pong back and forth. Would love to up my game. (I’m 90% drums in these collaborations with a little keys mixed in).
  20. Whatta ya call that monster? And where’d he come out of?
  21. High five.
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